1 JUNE 26 SITREP

• U.S. Central Command struck three Iranian military targets; Iran launched retaliatory missiles and drones that entered Kuwaiti airspace, forcing Kuwait to activate air raid sirens overnight.
• Iran shot down a U.S. Reaper drone before U.S. forces hit multiple Iranian military sites; Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian submitted his resignation, stating hard-line factions had sidelined his government.
• Iran halted message exchanges with the U.S. through a mediator until Israel agreed to stop military operations in Lebanon, and threatened to strike northern Israel if Israel did not commit to a ceasefire in southern Lebanon and the Beirut suburbs.
• President Trump posted on Truth Social that talks with the Islamic Republic of Iran were continuing at a rapid pace, with senior White House officials stating the negotiations were on the one-yard line, and Trump asserting that Iranian hardliners, not moderates, were firing off attacks to derail the diplomatic track.

• Judge Graf ruled today that the preliminary hearing in the Tyler Robinson murder trial would proceed and be fully televised, giving the public direct access to courtroom proceedings, exhibits, and evidence in the killing of Charlie Kirk.
• Robinson’s defense team sought to close portions or all of the preliminary hearing to the public; the court denied the motion, ruling that expanded juror pools, detailed questionnaires, and thorough voir dire were sufficient protections for a fair trial.
• Human Events Daily was named by name in court filings by Robinson’s defense lawyers, targeting the organization for its public campaign demanding cameras in the courtroom and full trial transparency; the motion against that position was denied.
• Robinson’s defense team fought to keep cameras out likely because Robinson smirked, smiled, and appeared relaxed and proud throughout earlier hearings, showing no remorse for taking the life of Charlie Kirk, with the jury pool set to be drawn from the Orem and Provo, Utah area where that footage could shape prospective jurors before trial.

• The DNC produced a 192-page post-election autopsy of the 2024 race; a draft version leaked publicly, exposing margin comments where party members openly disputed each other not just on edits but on the basic facts of what went wrong.
• The autopsy admitted a deep disconnect with working-class voters but offered no real accountability and no substantive corrective action, with the party continuing to treat its 2024 losses as a messaging failure rather than a policy or candidate problem.
• During the 2024 campaign, Barack Obama publicly scolded black voters reluctant to support Kamala Harris after she replaced Joe Biden on the ticket, an approach built on the assumption that black voters owed automatic support to a black candidate rather than making individual choices.
• Blue collar workers who privately supported Trump in 2016 never told their spouses, friends, or family members, a pattern of hidden preference the Democratic Party denied then and continued to deny through the 2024 election cycle, refusing to reckon with the reality that working-class voters had been leaving the party across multiple consecutive elections.